Not exact matches
However, in Australia, where resale price maintenance is
illegal, some consumer goods brands have refused to supply online retailers at all, forcing companies such as Kogan.com and Catch Group to
source key products
through parallel import channels.
It is
illegal to knowingly filter illegally obtained money
through a series of legitimate transactions in an attempt to hide the original «dirty»
source.
If it's true, then your card or account numbers may have been obtained
through any number of ways; identity thieves may use every means at their disposal, from credit card skimmers to buying your numbers from
illegal sources.
This is typically followed by distancing the
illegal proceeds from the
source of the funds
through layers of financial transactions, referred to as layering, and finally by returning the illegally derived proceeds to the criminal from what appears to be a legitimate
source, known as integration.
Laundering can be described in three steps — 1) placement — introducing the
illegal proceeds into the financial system, 2) layering — putting distance between the proceeds and the
source through multiple layers of financial transactions, and 3) integration — returning the proceeds back to the criminal from an apparently legitimate
source.